Climate change

There’s no end in sight for California’s prolonged three-year drought. With fewer agricultural jobs available in the San Joaquin Valley, will farmworkers decide to search for new opportunities outside the region?

As state lawmakers hash out how to spend $19.3 billion on climate-related proposals, Newsom proposed speeding up the state's transition to non-carbon electricity sources and accelerating its timeline for lowering greenhouse gas emissions.

Air quality and economic impacts from the plan were the top concerns at the Fresno community listening session this week.

Digesters that capture methane from manure have been shown to be one of the state’s most cost-effective tools for fighting climate change, but community advocates warn the emissions savings don’t make up for the harm that dairies pose to nearby communities.

The state has cited the company for dozens of violations since 2017.

Organizer and geology professor Anthony Rathburn says Bakersfield is the ideal location to both host the symposium and develop new carbon sequestration projects due to ample mapping of subsurface rock formations and technical expertise within the region’s oil industry.

The rural city of Taft is perched directly on top of the state’s most productive oilfield.

On this week’s Valley Edition, a bonus episode – a collaboration from the California Newsroom entitled Climate Costs: A public radio special exploring the high price of climate change for California communities. Hosted by KVPR’s Kerry Klein, with contributions from eight public radio newsrooms in California, we bring you stories of the challenges brought on by climate change. We’ll visit the Northern hemisphere’s largest geothermal field, a Native American reservation in the Eastern Sierra, a Central Coast city grappling with the loss of its coastline, and a region where acres and acres of orange groves are being replaced with warehouses.

On this week’s Valley Edition, a bonus episode – a collaboration from the California Newsroom entitled Climate Costs: A public radio special exploring the high price of climate change for California communities. Hosted by KVPR’s Kerry Klein, with contributions from eight public radio newsrooms in California, we bring you stories of the challenges brought on by climate change. We’ll visit the Northern hemisphere’s largest geothermal field, a Native American reservation in the Eastern Sierra, a Central Coast city grappling with the loss of its coastline, and a region where acres and acres of orange groves are being replaced with warehouses.

New reports from the Legislative Analyst’s Office show that climate change is poised to severely disrupt many aspects of life, including education, transportation, health and housing.